Joint for frames and legs of tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON OPPENHEIMER, OF PERU, INDIANA.

JOINT FOR FRAMES AND LEGS OF TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,986, dated August 7, 1866; antedated August 2, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SOLOMON OPPENHEIM- ER, of Peru, in the county of Miami, State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Joining the Frames and Legs of Tables 5 and I hereby declare that the following is a true and full description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention is as follows, to wit: A metal socket three to six inches long and one or more in diameter (or of any desirable dimensions) has attached to its sides and radiating therefrom two or more wings, in a manner as shown in the drawing, where the letter A represents the socket, and B the wings. From the lower and upper edges of these wings there are projecting small lips or claws a a a, which are bent inward in such a manner as to set at an angle more or less acute to the wings.

The rails, which constitute the frame of the table and which have been shaped to the suitable bevel, as shown by letter C, are slipped and driven in between the above-described lips or claws, where they will be firmly held, and the body of the wings lying on the outside, on the corners of the frame, when neatly carved, give strength and ornament to it.

The legs of the table are lirst turned to a size so as to fit into the socket at their upper end, and inserted into the same without undergoing any further preparing or planin g. There are a few other lips on the wings, which are projecting at right angles, and have holes, and by means of screws passing through them the tops are screwed to the frames. Letters b b b b show these other lips.

In the manner herein described and illustrated` a table frame can be made without either mortise, dovetailing, or screwing or nailing of any of the several parts to each other, or the rails to the legs; but each piece is independent, and can be affixed or detached without hindrance to or from the other parts,

D. D. PRATT, H. I. SEUR. 

